OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Prize 2014

The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from Echoes of Carnival by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians, and a tribute to the Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Venue: Theatre 1, Academy for Performing Arts, NAPADate: Saturday 26 April 2014

Photos by Marlon James

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

OCM BOCAS PRIZE AND HOLLICK ARVON PRIZE2014 announcement ceremony
The winners of the OCM Bocas Prize and Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize are announced. Including an excerpt from “Echoes of Carnival” by the University of Trinidad and Tobago Musicians.

What’s in the name?

Boca is the Spanish word for mouth — the organ of speech and song and storytelling. And the Bocas del Dragón — the Dragon’s Mouths — are the narrow straits off Trinidad’s northwest peninsula, which connect the sheltered Gulf of Paria to the open Caribbean Sea. For centuries, the Bocas were the gateways connecting Trinidad to the Caribbean and the Atlantic.